The Psychology of Advertising & Marketing

For WDICF we finished our FINAL Inquiry. For my topic, I did "The Psychology of Advertising & Marketing." 

This topic has always interested me, and I was really excited to do this topic.

I don't think this was my best inquiry but I enjoyed researching it.

I hope you enjoy my presentation!

Child labour in the Fashion Industry

In my most previous post, The Cultural Impact of Progress on Indigenous Peoples (click here if you want to read it), I talked about my class "Where Did it Come From?"

After we did a choice inquiry, where we could choose from the following topics;

• Meat & the environment
• Hygiene Disposable Products (baby wipes etc)
• Fast Fashion
• Child labour
• Blood Diamonds

I chose a combination of child labour and fast fashion because those two topics already intertwine.

I actually think this is the BEST inquiry I've ever done. The only thing I would change about my WeVideo is to try to make each recording perfect because I had some stutters in it. I think I am really good at visual and verbal language, and the order of my information made my presentation effective.

Here is my Choice Inquiry Presentation!

Catalina's Goal Setting Term 1 Update

 We updated our goals from Term 1 in Term 4.

I have achieved my Religious, Social, and Learning disposition goals. I need to work on my academic goal which using maths in everyday life.

Ice Candles

 Yesterday we made ice candles. You can make ice candles too. 

All you need is:

Old candles that you don't need to use anymore.

Ice

Empty cardboard milk cartons

Oil

Tall candle

Firstly, we cut open the top of the milk cartons. Next we rubbed oil all over inside of it so it would be easy to get the candle out.

Secondly, we placed the tall candle in the middle of the milk carton. Around it we filled it up with ice.

Next we poured melted wax into our milk carton. Then we waited overnight for the wax to dry.

Lastly, we ripped the carton around the candle and the  melted ice poured out of the crevases and holes.

Tips

*Make sure you rub the oil all around the carton.

*Double check you have enough wax to make the candle.

Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter.

I found it easy to do the November selfies because I just needed to find a photo from November.

I found it tricky to find a math word problem.

Catalina's October Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my reflection for October.

I was excited to write in it because so many things happened in October like Camp, the council cutting the blackberry, and the recruit!

I found it easy to fill it in because I am comfortable doing it now.

I found it tricky to take a photo with a cybersmart background.

Camp Goals and Rules 2020

 Next week we are going to camp at a place called Tui Ridge. Our activities are slingshot paintball, abseiling, high ropes, rope maze, and laser tag.

On my camp goals I have to reflect when I come back from camp.

Catalina's Room 1 September Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my September Student Reflection Newsletter.
I found it easy to fill it in since I've done it a lot. 
I found it tricky to explain Maara Kai.
If you want to learn about biosecurity click here.

Catalina's Room 1 June Student Reflection Newsletter

We are reflecting on this month, June's, work

I found it hard to find out our monthly points.
I found it easy to take a selfie.
My DLO shows that I can take a screenshot of this google drawing.

What is Coding?

WALHT: Code and explain to others.

I found it easy to explain coding because I have done it in blogger, the HTML, and in Mind Lab (Tonui Colab).


What is Coding?
Have you ever wondered how coding works? Well, you’re in luck. I’m here to explain what coding is. We have all used a device. Whether you play video games or sending text messages, that has been programmed. Say there’s an object in a game. It won’t move unless you tell it to, because it doesn’t have a mind of its own like us. You can’t say “move forward.” You need to code it in the HTML or with the blocks in Scratch.

Coding

This week we are learning to code.
Coding means that you programme a certain object to do something.

Here is a screenshot of a game I played to code.

You can try it Here

Here is one that you can try that I made.

Electrical Circuit Explanation

This is an explanation of how a circuit works.

I found it easy to explain how a circuit works because I watched the video to explain.

I hope you like it!

How an electrical circuit works

Have you ever wondered how an electrical circuit works? Does circuit sound familiar? Yup, it does. Like the word circle, a circuit goes round and round.  

A simple circuit contains a battery, what we call the power source. This is where the energy comes from. Batteries have a positive, (+), and negative, (-) side. 

Next, to make the electricity go around, you need something to connect to the power source to the light bulb. Usually, you use some kind of wire. Then the light bulb connects and lights up if there are no gaps. 

You can use a switch to turn the bulb on and off. This because if you turn it off it makes a small gap in the circuit, and the electricity can’t jump gaps, the light bulb turns off. Vice versa if you turn it on.

The Story Of Paoa and Kiwa

This week for inquiry we had to create the Paoa and Kiwa story with a voice over, and background music.
The music was from Free Music Archive.
Our task was to:
Create a series of slides retelling the story of Paoa and Kiwa. We out similar to the book - one picture and a few sentences on each page. WE MUST USE OUR OWN WORDS. Think about how it will look on your blog - we want it to be easy to read with colourful pictures.

I found it hard to find out how to use background music.
I found it easy to rewrite the story of Paoa and Kiwa because I have done it many times.
Here are two screencastifys on how to create the audio.

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